clear-b: cancer landscape - early adjuvant retrospective registry - breast cancer

Conditions: Breast Cancer; HER2-negative Breast Cancer; Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Carcinoma

Summary: this is a non-interventional retrospective cohort study of premenopausal patients with hr+/her2- breast cancer who are treated in the adjuvant setting with either tamoxifen, tamoxifen + ovarial function suppression or aromatase inhibitor + ovarial function suppression.

the treatment landscape concerning the adjuvant endocrine therapy in premenopausal patients with early-stage hormone receptor positive (hrpos) breast cancer is quite heterogeneous and therapy recommendations can vary. tamoxifen (tam) is a common treatment option that does not require ofs, but research suggests that adding ofs to tamoxifen may improve outcomes. aromatase inhibitors (ai) are another option, but they can only be used with ofs for premenopausal patients. studies have shown that ai + ofs improves disease-free survival compared to tam + ofs, but it may lead to additional side effects such as osteopenia and bone fractures. the clear-b study aims to provide a detailed description of the therapy landscape in this therapeutic setting, including recurrence rates and overall survival with ai compared to tam, as well as a comparison of the chosen therapies within prognostic subgroups. clear-b is a retrospective cohort study, collecting data of premenopausal patients who were diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer between january 2016 and june 2019 in a certified breast cancer center. these patients had an intermediate or high risk of cancer recurrence, as defined by (neo)adjuvant chemotherapy, and/or pt≥2cm at the timepoint of definitive surgery and/or at least one positive lymph node at the time of definite surgery (pn+). the primary objective is to compare the invasive disease-free survival (idfs) of patients who were treated with ai + ofs vs. those who were treated with tam ± ofs. additionally, the study will compare distant disease-free survival (ddfs) and overall survival (os) between the two groups and perform subgroup analyses according to risk stratification (stage ii and iii). this study will be conducted at around 75 certified breast cancer centers and will enroll up to 3000 patients.

Eligibility criteria:
inclusion criteria: * female patients with a first primary diagnosis of hormone receptor-positive, her2- negative unilateral early breast cancer for whom an endocrine treatment is indicated * patients must be at least 18 years of age but not older than 60 * premenopausal defined as all statements must be true * no oophorectomy before the diagnosis of breast cancer * women with uterus: regular, physiological menses at the timepoint of therapy decision for anti-endocrine treatment in the absence of contraceptives and hormonal treatment * women without uterus and remaining ovaries: premenopausal hormone levels must be documented at the time of therapy decision for anti-endocrine treatment * patients with an intermediate or high-risk early-stage breast cancer defined as: at least one of the following must be fulfilled * (neo)adjuvant chemotherapy * pt≥2cm at the timepoint of definitive surgery * at least one positive lymph node at the time of definite surgery (pn+) * patient must be previously registered in and must have been documented as part of the certification process for a certified breast cancer center according to the deutsche krebsgesellschaft/deutsche gesellschaft für senologie * breast cancer must have been diagnosed between jan 2016 and jun 2019 exclusion criteria: * patients with a low recurrence risk (see inclusion criteria for definition) * locally advanced breast cancer or distant metastases at diagnosis * male biological sex * patients not treated in a certified breast cancer center * treatment with cdk4/6previous diagnosis of invasive breast cancer or in situ breast cancer * concurrent invasive malignancy * bilateral breast cancer at the timepoint of diagnosis * previous diagnosis of invasive breast cancer or in situ breast cancer is not allowed